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Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain in the HBO series Scenes From A Marriage.

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In HBO's 'Scenes From A Marriage,' Acting Is Everything

2:52pm September 10, 2021

by Linda Holmes

The HBO remake of a landmark 1973 series brings together Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain for an extended series of beautiful acting exercises that don't entirely come together.

Oscar Isaac plays a former military interrogator who is haunted by the past in Paul Schrader's The Card Counter.

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A Disgraced Interrogator Gambles On Redemption In 'The Card Counter'

1:54pm September 10, 2021

by Justin Chang

After serving time in prison for war crimes, a former military interrogator starts a new life as a professional gambler. But as this complex drama shows, it's not always easy to escape the past.

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Biographer Traces Osama Bin Laden's 'Rise And Fall'

1:30pm September 10, 2021

by Dave Davies

Journalist Peter Bergen talks about bin Laden's path to mass murder and reflects on the consequences of the recent U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan. Originally broadcast Aug. 4, 2021.

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Higgins (Jeremy Swift), Roy (Brett Goldstein), Ted (Jason Sudeikis), Beard (Brendan Hunt) and Nate (Nick Mohammed) are all-in for the game against Man City.

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'Ted Lasso' Recap, Season 2, Episode 8: Father Figures

9:31am September 10, 2021

by Linda Holmes

Richmond has a big game against Manchester City, but first, Ted has to help Dr. Sharon with a personal emergency and Jamie has to get his dad off his back.

Kacey Musgraves, whose follow-up to her Album of the Year-winning Golden Hour, titled Star-Crossed, was released Sep. 10, 2021.

Kacey Musgraves: 'Star-Crossed' And Thriving

8:44am September 10, 2021

"We're all taught that the success of a relationship has to somehow correlate with the length of it... I just don't think that that's fully accurate." The singer-songwriter's new album is out today.

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Night Of Fire Brings Iron Casting To The Curious

4:12pm September 09, 2021

by David Ford

Winston-Salem's annual Industry Hill Block Party is back at Mixxer Makerspace this wee

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'Beautiful World' Is Sally Rooney's Toughest, Most Sweeping Novel To Date

1:55pm September 09, 2021

by Maureen Corrigan

Beautiful World, Where Are You is a cerebral novel that traces the relationships between four characters, and shifts between themes of sex, friendship and life's dark uncertainty.

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Jamie Lee Curtis is awarded with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony during the 78th Venice International Film Festival on Wednesday in Venice, Italy.

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Jamie Lee Curtis Wins A Lifetime Achievement Award With 'Halloween Kills' On The Way

1:39pm September 09, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

The actress received the award at the Venice International Film Festival, saying she was accepting it on behalf of "all the courageous heroines of the world."

Books for middle-grade readers to help better understand what happened on 9/11.

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Books Can Help Kids Learn About What Happened On 9/11. Here Are Some Good Ones

12:08pm September 09, 2021

by Juanita Giles

On 9/11, it was impossible to connect the dots for adults, nevermind children. Here are some books that can help kids try to understand that fateful date 20 years later.

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In 'Civilizations,' Inca Emperor Atahualpa Conquers 16th-Century Spain

5:00am September 09, 2021

by Lily Meyer

Laurent Binet seems to genuinely want to know to what extent conquest and the cruelty it inevitably produces are reducible, redeemable, or escapable. He also plainly wants to play around.